New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, November 17:

* Bruno

* Darwin's Darkest Hour

* Is Anybody There?

* My Sister's Keeper

* Wild Child

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, November 10:

* The Goods

* Up

* Would Be Kings

Newly Requestable DVDs....

ADULT

12
2 or 3 things I know about her
Big Shot
Cherry blossoms
Coco Chanel
Coraline
Dragonball Evolution
Echelon Conspiracy
Everest
Fast & Furious
Five Fingers
Fragments
The Great Buck Howard
The Lucky Ones
Grey Gardens
The Haunting in Connecticut
Heaven's Prisoners
Horsemen
Johan
Knowing
Labor Pains
Made in U.S.A.
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow
Mutant Chronicles: Have Faith
Obsessed
The Pope's Toilet
Prison break: The Final Break
Push
Race to Witch Mountain
She Fell Among Thieves
The Soloist
Taking Chance
Tommy and the Cool Mule
Watchmen
While She Was Out
A Village Affair
A Woman Called Golda
Yonkers Joe

JUVENILE

The Backyardigans. Singing Sensation
Bob the builder. Built for Fun
Goosebumps. Return of the Mummy
Goosebumps. The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
Pokemon. Diamond and Pearl Battle Dimensions Vol. 1
Pokemon Giratina and the Sky Warrior
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories. v.1
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories. v.2
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories. v.3
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories. v.4
The Tigger Movie
Veggie tales. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah’s Umbrella
The Velveteen Rabbit: All You Need To Do Is Believe
The Wiggles go bananas! The Fun Way to Learn About Animals

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, November 2:

* Aliens in the Attic

* Answer Man

* Dora the Explorer: Christmas Carol

* Food, Inc.

* G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra

* I Love You, Beth Cooper

* Taking of Pelham 123

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, October 27:

* Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

* Tinkerbell: The Lost Treasure

* Whatever Works

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, October 20:

* Champions Forever: The Definitive Edition - Muhammad Ali

* Cheri

* Living with the Machigenga with Mark and Olly

* Love N' Dancing

* The L Word: Season 6

* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, October 13:

* Adoration

* Angels and Demons: Fact or Fiction

* Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

* Every Little Step

* Haunted Airman

* Land of the Lost

* Old Fashioned Thanksgiving

* The Proposal

* Wow Wow Wubbzy

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, October 6:

* Brothers Bloom

* Imagine That

* I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown

* My Life In Ruins

* National Parks: America's Best Idea

* Veggie Tales: St. Nicholas A Story of Joyful Giving

* Wild Stallion

* Year One

Bel Air Film Festival

The Bel Air Film Festival will be held October 16 -18 at the Bel Air Reckord Armory. Author and Baltimore Sun film critic, Michael Sragow, will be featured on opening night (October 16). The hours are:
Friday, October 16 from 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 17 from 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 18 from 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

For more information, please go to: http://www.townofbelairfilmfestival.com/.

Newly Requestable DVDs....

ADULT

Blood of my blood
The cake eaters
The code
Confessions of a shopaholic
Crossing over
Dark matter
Dr. Dolittle. Million dollar mutts
Dr. Horrible's sing-along blog
Dragon hunters
The education of Charlie Banks
Fanboys
Fired up
Friday the 13th
Gran Torino
Happily n'ever after 2
Home
The human contract
Inkheart
The International
The kite
Living proof
Lost in Austen
Love takes wing
M. Butterfly
Madea goes to jail
Man of marble
Nobel son
The note II
The Old Curiosity Shop
Philippe Garrel x 2
Phoebe in Wonderland
The Pink Panther 2
A Plumm summer
Quo vadis
Rab ne bana di Jodi
S. Darko
The secrets
Smother
Spinning into butter
Tommy and the cool mule
Two lovers
Waiting for the clouds
Waltz with Bashir
What goes up

JUVENILE

Barney. Let's go on vacation
Barney's top 20 countdown
Care Bears. Cheer, there & everywhere
Care Bears. Tell-tale tummies
Elmo and Abby's birthday fun!
Follow that bird
Garfield's pet force
Jetsons, the movie
Jonas brothers, the concert experience
Labou
The looney, looney, looney Bugs Bunny movie
Mickey and the beanstalk
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Mickey's big splash
Mr. Troop Mom
Playtime pals
The prince & the pauper
Princess Protection Program
The reluctant dragon
Secrets of the furious five
Spectacular!
Thomas & friends. Hop on board
Thomas & friends. Team up with Thomas
Three little pigs
The tortoise and the hare
Viva piñata. Lights, camera, action!
Viva piñata. The piñatas must be crazy and other stories
Wind in the willows
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Wubbzy's big movie

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, September 29:

* Away We Go

* Baby Einstein's World: Animal Adventure

* CSI NY: Season 5

* Lies and Illusions

* Management

* Manson (History Channel)

* Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

* The Unit: Season 4

* The Wild Stallion

* The Wizard of Oz (Special Edition)

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, September 22:

* 30 Rock: Season 3

* Adam Resurrected

* Battle for Terra

* Doodlebops: Where's Moe

* Dora the Explorer Saves the Crystal Kingdom

* Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

* Jonas: Rockin' the House

* Lymelife

* Observe and Report

* Scooby Doo: The Mystery Begins

* Tulpan

* Ugly Betty: Season 3

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, September 15:

* Camille

* Easy Virtue

* Essential Art House: Gervaise (French)

* Go Diego Go: Arctic Rescue

* Grey's Anatomy Season 5

* Mail Order Bride

* Next Day Air

* Star Wars - The Clone Wars: Clone Commands

* Wolverine

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, September 8:

* Dance Flick

* Crank 2: High Voltage

* Little Einstein's Fire Truck Rocket's Blastoff

* The Office Season 5

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, September 1:

* America

* Ben 10 Alien Force

* Bring It On: Fight To the Finish

* The Betrayal

*CSI Season 9

* Desperate Housewives Season 5

* DisneyNature -Earth

* Gifted Hands - The Ben Carson Story

* Heroes Season 3

* Scooby Doo Where Are You: Hello Mummy

* Sin Hombre

* State of Play

* Sugar

* Supernatural Season 4

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, August 25:

* Adventureland

* American Son

* Bob the Builder: Call in the Crew

* Duplicity

* House, M.D. Season 5

* Informers

* One Tree Hill Season 6

* Rudo Y Cursi

* Sunshine Cleaning

* Trouble the Water

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, August 18:

* Dexter Season 3

* The Garden

* Gossip Girl Season 2

* Hannah Montana - The Movie

* Simpsons Season 12

* Surveillance

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, August 11:

* 17 Again starring Zac Efron

* 90210 Season 1

* The Class

* Gigantic

* I Love You, Man

* Lisa Rinna's Dance Body: Hip Hop Ballroom

* Steppin'

Books to film...

Coming to a theater near you... films based on books. Read the book before you see the movie...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince starring Daniel Radcliffe

Julie and Julia starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams

The Time Traveler's Wife starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams

I Love You, Beth Cooper starring Hayden Panettiere

New Release Tuesday

New DVD releases for Tuesday, July 21:

* 2 or 2 Things I Know About Her starring Marian Vladi (French)

* Coraline starring Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher

* Echelon Conspiracy starring Shane West

* The Great Buck Howard starring Colin Hanks

* Messengers 2: The Scarecrow starring Richard Riehle

* Monk Season 7 starring Tony Shalhoub

* Prison Break: The Final Break starring Dominic Purcell

* Psych Season 3 starring Dule Hill

* Pushing Daisies Season 2 starring Kristen Chenoweth

* Watchmen starring Billy Crudup

Books to film...

Coming to a theater near you... films based on books. Read the book before you see the movie...



The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Hotel for Dogs by Lois Duncan
He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Do you have a favorite book that has been made into a film?

MyLibraryDV now available

HCPL has a new service for your viewing pleasure: MyLibraryDV, offering viewers digital downloadable videos on demand. Click on the link above or go to "Library Services, Branches, & Jobs" on the HCPL homepage and then click on "MyLibraryDV" right in the center of the page.

Using MyLibraryDV is easy. First, users need to download an application on their home computers in order to view the DVs. Once it is downloaded, users will then have access to a selection of classic, independent, and foreign films, as well as an impressive variety of instructional, travel, health and fitness, and other useful and entertaining videos, all viewable on home computers. MyLibraryDV includes kids' programs as well.

The video entertainment selection includes Academy Award winners and other classic films. Some of the entertainment videos include William Castle's campy horror film House on Haunted Hill, starring Vincent Price, Frank Capra's last "social statement" film Meet John Doe, and the Italian Neo-Realist classic, Roberto Rossellini's Open City. The foreign film collection goes beyond Open City, to include films on video from China, Finland, Spain, Russia, and many other lands.

Check it out...or more accurately, click on it, and watch videos on demand from your library, right in your home, through MyLibraryDV.

Hitchcock Film Festival

On February 24th, the Bel Air Art Commission presents the Hitchcock Film Festival at the Bel Air Armory. Two Hitchcock films will be shown... at 1 p.m. Rear Window and at 3:30 Strangers on a Train. Popcorn and refreshments will be available. Go watch a movie and get ready for the Oscars, which air the night of February 24th.

And the Oscar nominees are...

The Oscar nominations were just announced this morning! Two movies, No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, led the nominations garnering eight each. The following movies were nominated for Best Picture of the year: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood. The Oscars are February 24th! Do you think they will go on with the writers' strike still going on? I missed watching the Golden Globes, and will definitely miss the Oscars if they are not on. Will you miss seeing the awards too?

And the nominees are....

The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. The movie Atonement starring Keira Knightley led the nominations with seven. In the Best Motion Picture category, the nominees are... American Gangster, Atonement, Eastern Promises, The Great Debaters, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood. I have only seen one of the nominated movies. Do you have a favorite among the nominees??

Reunited...

No matter your musical taste, there may be a reunion tour coming to suit your fancy.

December 10 marks the first live performance from Led Zeppelin in many years, albeit with Jason Bonham, son of their late original drummer John, playing the drums. The show will be in London. Over one million people registered to get a chance to buy only 20,000 tickets, which were priced at $250 in American dollars.

Rumors are abounding about a forthcoming tour, and with that kind of money to be made, I’d say the odds are good. In the meantime, HCPL has many of the classic Led Zeppelin titles on cd.

If your tastes run to the more recent, and poppy, there’s always the Spice Girls! A force to be reckoned with in the 1990’s, the 5 original members recently reunited, selling out their UK show in 38 seconds. A sold out American tour is following in early 2008. Are they live or are they lip syncing? More rumors abound! Don’t forget to check out Spice World, their foray into film, now available on DVD.

Books to film...

There are many books that have been made into movies. Recently, an article from the San Diego Union-Tribune had a list of movies that were better than the book. Two movies that made the list were The Godfather and The Birds. Check out the article for more titles.

Do you have a preference... the book or the movie? What is your favorite book to film? My favorite is E.M. Forster's A Room with a View.

Name that tune...

We have all done it... hummed a tune for a friend to see if they know what the song is? Now, you can do it online! Midomi will help you find the song you forgot or your friend can't remember. All you need to do is sing or hum into your computer microphone, and Midomi users will help find your song! On Midomi, you can also discover new music or be discovered and develop your own fans!

Big in Germany...

Have you ever wondered what people in other states or countries are listening to?? Check out the Gracenote music map. Just click on a country or state to find out the top ten artists and top ten albums people are listening to! It is a fun site!!!